New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-22
SUMIIER TTAGES IN ASHES.
WORK OF THE FLAMES IN CHAUTAUQUA.

NAMES OF THOSE WHO OWNED THE HOUSES DE-
sTROYED-LACK OF APPARATUS FOR PUTIN"
OUT FIRES.
JAMESTOWN, March q tSpeciap.-Ths fire at
Chautauaua Assembly grounds last night destroyed
sixty cottages and boarding houses and damaged
twenty more The loss will reach 500. .OOO The hre
started about 1890 D. IN. and it was abone dayhSht
before the last structure gone There was no
apparatus to speak of the grounds for extngshhs
fires and though jamestown and CORY were ca'ieo
upon for and could be furnished there were ho
public buildings included in the iiht' anu
"a the ground will probably be immediately
built over, the disaster will not be any
thing more than a memory after this season. Inc
origin Of the fire s not known. On Sunday ai'erhoo"
the chimney on the house OF Mrs. L. H. Bnrriii was
burned out The fire first seen in the attic oi tnis
cottage and almost as soon rs it spread to all
parts OF the building and to The surrounding structures
There was light wind from the south at first, but IL
soon oied away. Thus accounts for the iact mat no
more BUILDINGS burned The location oil the ouiu
ing in which the fire started was nearly III tnc cen.o
o the tract burned The FIRE seemed TO make its
way north east, south and west simultaneously ne
cottages all OF wood and so close together nat
one WAS scarcsly on lire before it, next neigbor was
b,az n, The destruction wrought eXtenicd IRON
Miller Park ~ within one cottage OF TIE ho'ei
Athenaeum Including Summcrheid aud simpson ayes, ,
and the south side OF Asbury ave. from lledding
nearly 10 the old build ne formerly used a. general
Office. Asbury-a,c. surrounds Military Park AM Tue
buildings the south halt OF the circle were nearly
all consumed. 1he sixty men living on the Assembly
grounds worked Sth tue aid OF water CARED III
pals and wet carpets Mayyill" s-nt hooks ladders
and buckets and large nGm Der o, men ,'Gha a nr I
village went - the grounds TO help arrest the pro-
rless O. tbs flames. chemical ire eXtingu sbsrs
ON the grounds had appr,cablc ciect On th' E0nts
This morning the tract burned over was a scene oi
dcsolaiIou 50 comnleteiy consumed were tho sfuct-
nics that at ! o'clock here was seucriy awning
left 10 smoke. Scattered about were honSrhod goo "a
Al - Tel nnnf ftf
though uearly every one contained meh inihiinse L
aud bedding. No injured be- ond siight
bruises and burus As the Lass IL probably one hid
co,.rod by Insurance, and no public bni diuss were
burned, Chnutauqua. 80 a Whole VIII not Sub'r
seriously from the hre.
Al midnight n dispaicb sent t0 Superintendent
" A. Duncan, at Sy.acusc who took ihc first tram
aud reached the Assembly grounds at hoon. lie said
the land ON which the buildings stood was leased 10
the owners tie c,ttag,s and he expressed tho hei 81
that iong the insurance 20 icy covered Tue 1885,
moss OF the houses would be replaced by others oi
better class. The hre would spur up the trust 9" 10
hud the reservoir aud lay the pipes proposed ai Ie
ast se.son Tho Executive Committee oi TIE Trustees
o the Cbnuauuua Assembly Association vii meet ihiS
week the grounds 10 src What can DO uoho l"
remedy toe damage.
Many Of tha non.ro.ident property y-owners arrived
on the grouud to-day III answer - telegrams Follow
iuy il "A st oi owners OF cottages nnI buildings &c
stroyed: Mrs Slrah 4. Baker. Cleveland. OHIO; u:
f. Barker. of FrrIOnia: Chauttuqua a socauon old
rosio:hcc building; H. Rchnrdso", Franklin fenn. :
Jesse smith, Titusyiilr penn.; l.. II. Gfcelv. James
town: JhiutauquA Assembly, furniture rooms h,ieh
from on T., bottom with iufuiture and beddng Mrs.
Sarah Burncl Jam stown; tie Rev. j. Iarnett'
Hamlet ~ Y. Miss Anna Cumming. ChIniar Ina;
Miss H. kingmau Buffalo; VI. l.. Heath, South stockton.
Ny; Il. j. BarIows jams.towu: kW. Clinton. Newark
Valley. n. Y; Mrs. Miner Curtis. Wa'tsbarr Penn
james Pease, P9uama; the kov. \. y Ooo1rch.
Cory. Penn. Mr.. a. q. Martin Mayvilr, \. L.;
T. f. Boyd. Harmony Mrs. Sarah Brin.too Jancs-
town the Rev. w. w. Painter. Warren, Penn. Mrs
l.. Weeks Jamestown; Miss Isabella Whallon. Erie
Mrs G. ). Faync jamestown; hfs. j. r. Doland,
Mrs. H. +. Perham Eldred, tenn. the Rev. William
hss cA'Sso'pH ass Rc, A'i i ndS GSS4 Sugar sa
Grove Penn T.. u. Fox. Of Panama Mrs }. ).
fernv, jamestown; VI. l.. Ecker. aud II {. Park
hurst, OF Chautsugun aud jamestown; the Rev ). Z.
Oh. Ia. Wcsthod; Mrs. T.. 5 Hood, Birming ham
Mich Mrs y 4. Sanford, We-thed; Mr- J.. IL.
Giboney Newport, Chic: W. II. Cas'ellman' Open
Meadows. y. Y. NJ. II. Tmherakc Lafayette. Ind. ;
Mis- Eliza Dale, Franklin. tenn. Mrs J.. } Fasseit.
Franklin. Penn. the Rev. Z. W. scofed, Forestville
~ Y Mrs L. c. Flints cottage. at tie corner OF
lIedding and Asbury a,cs.. partly drmulishe1 10
prevent The spread of The Hamcs. IL was turn shed
and occupied Tho following persons suheIed hon
qua; Mrs. l. w. Dawson, Chautauqua; Mrs, Esther
Bundy Wesley Martin. Mrs. II. A. Dewey Columbns
Penn; Miss Lydia T.. Lvon Eldorado, Kan; Mrs
A. T.. Harris bradford, Penn. .. ID. iiinckiey
NJ Eaton. franklin Penn {; VI. J.: Trail Chautan9na !;
ID. l.. and d. NJ. Waggoner, Mira G. X. Wilson,
Meadville Penn; Mrs William Glenn, Chau'alqua.
Tho total loss will probably exceed $loO,Ooo
Manv OF the burned cottages on simpson-aes' were
rebuilt last year. This tue most fashionable
avenue the grounds. The cottages coat IRON
$1,000 TO So 900 each The loss is divided rs toll
lows: Tbirt y-sx buildings Simpson-ave twenty
fur buildings OF Summerfic d ave, six cottages on
Terraceave. and three on Iieddng-a,e. The magn'h,
cent forest trees shading these streets were burned
and destroyed.